Common Words in Clinical Tools CME Courses

From Clinicaltools.com

The following table contains words that are common in Clinical Tools' CME courses, as well as notes on their usage. Most of the notes refer to the American Medical Association (AMA) or Merriam Webster (M-W), though a few refer to AP, Gregg, and NIH (legacy references).

Word	Notes
anti-smoking	This is normally not hyphenated, per the AMA, but we think the hyphenation looks better.
anti-tobacco	This is normally not hyphenated, per the AMA, but we think the hyphenation looks better and it coincides with pro-tobacco (which, without the hyphen, could look like "proto-").
childcare	This could be two words, but we use one since that is similar to "healthcare."
co-manage	This is normally not hyphenated, per M-W, but we think the hyphenation is clearer.
co-occur	This is hyphenated, per M-W.
e-mail	This is hyphenated, per M-W. The "e" is not capitalized.
ex-smoker	This is hyphenated, per the AMA.
follow-up	This is hyphenated when a noun or adjective and not hyphenated (two words) when a verb.
healthcare	This is written as one word without hyphens.
hotline	This is written as one word without hyphens, per M-W.
life-threatening	This is hyphenated.
mid-30s (referring to age)	This is not hyphenated per the AMA, but we think the hyphenation looks better.
non–drug-using	This hyphenation follows AMA. Note the en dash, followed by the regular hyphen.
non-injecting	This is not hyphenated, per the AMA, but we think the hyphenation looks better. We realize that this is inconsistent with the next entry (nonsmoker/nonsmoking), but we think the word is harder to read without the hyphen.
nonsmoker, nonsmoking	This is not hyphenated, per the AMA.
over-generalization	There is no hyphen, per the AMA, but we think the hyphenation looks better.
pre-contemplation	There is no hyphen, per the AMA, but this technical usage is taken from an author.
pre-existing	This is hyphenated, per the AMA.
problem solving	This is hyphenated as an adjective, if it precedes the noun it modifies; as a noun, it is not normally hyphenated ("problem-solving abilities" vs. "an exercise in problem solving").
re-evaluate	This is hyphenated, per the AMA.
smoke-free	This is hyphenated, per Gregg.
tobacco-free	This is hyphenated, per Gregg.
toward (rather than "towards")	This is the preferred usage, per Gregg and AP.
US	This is written as one word, per the AMA. Do not use periods. Do not use "US" when the name stands alone; use it only as an adjective.
Web	This is capitalized, per AMA.
Web page	This is two words, per AMA.
website	This is one word, per the NIH.